Binding for shoe-tops.



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BINDING FOR SHOE TOPS. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. |915-V '1 9217,oo2. imama Fonzo-,1917.

sTATEs n'rn OFFICE.

o'rro JAEGGE, or' GLENDALE, NEW Yonx, AssIGNon'ro PEEnLEss SILK MILLS,me.,

0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF YORK.

iarmmve Fon SHOE-mors.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

- Application ala December s, 1915. serial No. 65,93a`

To all 'whom t may concern: A

Be it k'nown that I, OTTO JAEGGE, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Glendale, Queens county, New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Binding 'for Shoe-Tops; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full,.clear, and

exact description of the same.

This invention relates to bindings for shoe tops, laces and the like andprocess for applying same and has for its ob'ect to reduce the cost andincrease thee clency and sightliness'of shoe binding and moreparticularly to provide in a single strip a binding that will have amaximum of tensile strength and at the same '.timepresent a neatappearance when -the shoe is worn.

While herein I describe minute details of the construction, operationand uses Vof the invention, it is understood thatI lam not limitedtothese, as these details may be greatly varied without departing from thescope of the invention as' claimed.

In the accompanying drawing. showingone of many possible embodimentsofthe invention,

Figure 1 is a side elevationA of a portion of a shoe top provided withone form of binding;

Fig. 2 is a face view of the binding strip; Fig. 3 shows a section on an.enlarged scale on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing a step in the manufacture;

' cross threads are cottonA an Fig. 5 is a fragmental side elevationshowin'another 'form .of the binding;

'g'. 6 shows a section on line 6 of Fi 5.

Re verrinlg to-Figs. 1 to 3 the binding 10 shown at t e-top of a shoeupper 11, shows y invention applied to the so called 'French binding.

. The binding consists of an ornamental part 12 com rising silk or otherornamental ds, and a part 14 comprisingwarp threa cotton or other strongwa threads'. Ihe cross both/sets of the warp threads. The threads may beof any 'colori or shade, but is sometimes better to have the sets ofwarp threads of contrasting color or shade in order that the operatorsmay easily distinguish them when applying the binding..

The binding strlp 1s lirst stitched as at 15 (Fig. 4)- with its outerface against the outside face of the shoe top, the silk side of thebinding strip being I leXt to the edge. The binding `is then carriedover the edge of -the shoe top and cemented to the inner face of theshoe top as shown in Fig. 3, after which the lining 16 'of the shoe topis stitched in-place with the line of stitches 17. The object of thecementing is merely to hold the binding in place until the whole isstitched together by the stitches 17.

Figs. 5 and 6 show my invention embodied in a machine binding.

In this case as in the first described mform,l

. mental part lying'to t e: outside as shown.

This method of applyingl the binding is economical both in material andnumber of operations re uired to apply and is sightly, eicient afiidlasting.

I claim as my invention A binding for. hoe tops having fine silk I iwarp threads on one edge portion and coarse cotton warp threads on theopposlte edge portion lying contiguous to the silk warpf threads, andcotton weft threads common to both warp threads.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my -name to this speciiicationin thepresence of Vtwo subscribing witnesses.

o TTo JAEGGE. Witnesses: A

A CoRNmUs HovINe,

H. M. Kuxnrmcx.

